I'm not going to buy a Tesla

[Miguelito Loveless]

18. If you are driving 600 miles, you are taking a number of breaks along the way for

food and restrooms. If you have kids, those stops can clock in at 30 minutes. My longest trip has been around 800 miles, done over two days. I stopped to charge three times, once for lunch, and twice for a bathroom break. When I got done eating, I was 100% re-charged. The pit stop, put about 150 miles back on the clock in about 15 minutes.

I have been driving EVs since 2014, starting with the 2012 Leaf that only had about an 80 mile range (it replaced a 2009 Elantra). Two years later, we replaced our Sentra with the Volt, and it was our commuter/long range car. We went from burning around 800-900 gallons a year before the Leaf, to 400-500 gallons after. This dropped to 64 gallons with the Volt. Other than tires, cabin filters and washer fluid, we had no other repair expenses.

The Fit is an excellent car, and if you can pick up one for about $5K, that's a good buy. My wife and I had planned for years to lower our carbon footprint with solar and EVs. Our final car transaction was last year when we sold our Volt (for about 80% of what we paid for it used), and bought a Model 3. It will be our last car, but we now no longer burn any fuel for transportation, or home use.

At the moment, new EVs are too pricey for most people. Used EVs are far more affordable. However, at the rate that battery pack prices are declining, I expect to see EVs on par with ICE cars (range and price) within 18-24 months.